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Ellen Brody drove onto the tracks at the worst possible moment, but had she reversed things would have been different.

Economists argue rent freezes benefit insiders at the expense of outsiders.

Hours after GOP losses in major races, including Zohran Mamdani‘s New York mayoral win over Andrew Cuomo, Donald Trump‘s reaction wasn’t introspection. It was to rewrite the rules with a “voter reform.”

Candidates endorsed by Donald Trump were wiped off the polls during the Nov. 4 elections, including in New York City. So, he declared that Republicans lost because his name wasn’t on the ballot. Which, conveniently, is how things will be for every election from now until the end of time.

The 28-year-old artist met her husband on Hinge and quietly helped to shape his wildly successful campaign to become Mayor of New York

Editorial: A historic campaign that focused on the theme of affordability can offer wider lessons to a re-energised opposition

Team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, has been elected as New York City’s mayor. He became the first New York mayoral candidate to win more than 1 million votes since 1969, and looks set to secure over 50% of the total vote.

For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty